I flew to LA.. before New York Fashion Week for the Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger fashion show in Santa Monica, and it did not disappoint. The set was a 70s amusement park on Venice Beach, which, as you can imagine, was pretty cool looking. There were rides, flamethrowers, acrobats, games, food, a performance by Fergie, and if that’s not enough, there was a runway show to boot. Attended by Gaga, Lucky Blue Smith, K. Stew, Laura Dern, Kris Jenner, and a gaggle of L.A. A-listers. Gigi opened the show followed by Bella Hadid, and she closed the show with Hilfiger for a final bow.

After a brief trip to the California sunshine, it’s back to the cold and wind for New York Fashion Week. As I promised last week, here are 10 certainties that are always guaranteed during women’s fashion month.

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Politics will be in play! The fashion industry is not normally very vocal on politics, but I guarantee that this will not be the case this season. Meryl Streep isn’t the only one who is mad. Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger gave out white handkerchiefs; Jonathan Simkhai and Adam Lippes had feminist messages; Milly’s deconstructed show was set to the tune of “Fight the Power;” and on Sunday Public School had red “Make America New York” caps, which are sure to be super coveted. Sunday ended with Prabal sending the girls out for final looks with messages of unity. Will it continue in Europe?

Models posing backstage at the Public School show in New York, February 12, 2017.

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The Calvin Klein show on February 10 would be the event of the month. I knew this already and was proven right on Friday at Raf’s debut collection for the storied American house. The celebs showed up in force: A$AP Rocky, Brooke Shields, SJP, Millie Bobby Brown (I freaked out), Gwyneth Paltrow, and Julianne Moore were all in attendance. The collection was amazing! American fashion has a new savior, and his name is Raf.

Raf Simons and A$AP Rocky backstage during the Calvin Klein Fall Winter 2017 show in New York, February 10, 2017.

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A model will walk the wrong way. No matter how many times I see it, I am always surprised when a model walks the wrong way on the runway, even if it’s not your traditional runway. I mean you kind of just have the one job, right? Walk?

Models on the catwalk during the Zimmermann Fall Winter 2017 show in New York, February 13, 2017.

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People will wear ridiculous things. When hundreds of cameras are around to take photos of the “well dressed,” people just can’t help themselves. If you want some good people watching, just hang out outside a fashion show and watch the fun begin. On Sunday, I saw a girl teetering around in impossibly high open-toe heels in the snow while pretending to be on the phone looking for her driver. How do I know she was pretending? Because she re-enacted the whole scene five times.

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The struggle will be real. People attending shows, especially by the time they get to Paris, will have meltdowns over nothing. Not getting into a show quickly enough, an accidental bump when finding a seat, or God forbid a badly placed seat, and the whole day could very well be thrown into chaos.

I will wonder to myself at least one time as I watch a show, “How could there possibly be this much fabric in the world?”

A model wears a Rick Owens creation during the Men’s Fall/Winter 2017-2018 fashion show in Paris, January 19, 2017.

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The Chanel set will KILL! Chanel is one of the last shows of the month, and they show at the Grand Palais in Paris, which is already amazing. In years past they have transformed the Grand Palais into an airport terminal, a grocery store (Chanel pasta anyone?), and even a giant iceberg. Who knows what wonders Mr. Lagerfeld will dream up this season, but be sure to take a look.

Models walk the runway at at the Grand Palais in Paris, during Chanel’s Fall 2014 and 2013 shows.

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Versace will be front and center. With Ricardo Tisci having left Givenchy, it seems that he will almost certainly end up at the legendary house of Versace, and all eyes will be on the front row to see who will be attending and if it’s reflected in the collection. Mr. Tisci is known for making clothes for sexy women, so he could be the perfect person to help give Versace just the right jolt.

Riccardo Tisci and Naomi Campbell attend the Versace show during the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016, September 25, 2015.

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By the end of the month people will start to ask if I am surviving? I will roll my eyes and bite my tongue and say, “Yes, but it’s been exhausting,” which is what they want to hear. But what I will want to say is, “Yes, it’s fashion shows, I’ll be just fine. I haven’t been working in the Trump White House!”